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Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is available
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.06
LTS of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu - codenamed "Dapper Drake". The Release
Candidated includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate
text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current
stable release.
We consider this release candidate complete, stable and suitable for testing
by any user. We would especially recommend that current Ubuntu 5.10 ("Breezy
Badger") users and developers use the upgrade procedure described below.
6.06 LTS will be the first Ubuntu release with long-term support: three
years on the desktop, and five years on the server.
Upgrade information for Ubuntu and Edubuntu 5.10 ("Breezy Badger") users
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* Make sure you have good bandwidth since the upgrade requires
that you download several hundred megabytes of new packages!
* Because this is the Release Candidate, you need to invoke the
update manager explicitly. To do this, press Alt-F2 (or open
a Terminal using Applications -> Accessories ->Terminal)
gksudo "update-manager -d"
This step will not be necessary on the final release.
* Make sure you are up to date - click the "Check" button. If you
are connected to the network the update manager should now tell
you about the 6.06 LTS ("Dapper Drake") release
* Further information about this upgrade procedure is given at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperUpgrades
Upgrade information for Kubuntu 5.10 ("Breezy Badger") users
------------------------------------------------------------
* In Adept go to Manage Repositories and change "breezy" to "dapper"
* Click "Fetch Updates"
* Click "Full Upgrade"
* Click "Commit"
To Get the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Release Candidate CD
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Download the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Release Candidate here (choose the
mirror closest to you):
United States:
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/6.06 (Ubuntu)
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/6.06 (Kubuntu)
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/6.06 (Edubuntu)
Europe:
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (Ubuntu)
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/ (Kubuntu)
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.06/ (Edubuntu)
United Kingdom and Rest of World:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (Ubuntu)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/ (Kubuntu)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.06/ (Edubuntu)
Please download using Bittorrent if possible.
The final version of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is expected to be released in early
June. At that time, we will mail pressed CDs free of charge to people
who have made a request to one of the Shipit services. This is the first
release with Shipit CDs available for Kubuntu and Edubuntu.
* https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ (Ubuntu)
* https://shipit.kubuntu.com/ (Kubuntu)
* https://shipit.edubuntu.com/ (Edubuntu)
About The Release Candidate
---------------------------------------
The purpose of the Release Candidate is to solicit one last round of
testing before the final release. Here are ways that you can help:
* Upgrade from Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Edubuntu 5.10 to the Release Candidate
by following the instructions given above.
* Participate in installation testing using the Release Candidate CD
images, by following the testing and reporting instructions at
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Current
Feedback and Helping
--------------------
If you would like to help shape Ubuntu to better meet your future needs,
take a look at the list of ways you can participate at
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/
Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help turn
this release into the best release of Ubuntu ever. Please report
bugs through the Launchpad Malone bug tracker:
http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
aren't sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode,
on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
More Information
----------------
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a
reputation for making things "Just Work" out of the box, a fast
and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent
packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine
available from the network, and professional technical support from
Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the world.
You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this preview release on
our website, IRC channel and wiki. If you're new to Ubuntu, please
visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
Kubuntu is a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the
K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle
and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution
for everyone.
http://www.kubuntu.org/
The Edubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to schools,
through its customised school environment.
http://www.edubuntu.org/
To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to
Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list at:
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce
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Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is available Posted May 26, 2006 3:23 UTC (Fri) by andrel (guest, #5166) [Link] What is the distinction between server and desktop support? For example, will Firefox be getting security fixes for the full five years or just three?
Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is available Posted May 26, 2006 8:30 UTC (Fri) by hconnellan (subscriber, #231) [Link] Are you seriously going to be using firefox 1.5.x in 3 years time?
Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is available Posted May 26, 2006 12:17 UTC (Fri) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227) [Link] If he deploys a couple thousands desktops and doesn't want to go through the pain of upgrading them, doing any necessary reconfigurations that new software versions require, etc.... then yes?
Why _wouldn't_ you be using Firefox 1.5 in three times times? Unless you actually need some new feature, or bugs stop being fixed, upgrading just for the sake of upgrading really doesn't do a whole lot of good.
Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is available Posted May 26, 2006 14:28 UTC (Fri) by TxtEdMacs (subscriber, #5983) [Link] Firefox just happens to be an independent application that Ubuntu has bundled as part of its release. Back porting patches to the then current version at the time of release is neither efficient method for security fixes nor does it tend to be timely. Moreover, with a possible release of version 2 as early as the latter part of this year and incipient (work) thought being given to the version 3.x that is to follow it would be much wiser for users to take the Mozilla updates as they appear (speaking here of security releases) than wait for Ubuntu back ports. Version number changes can entail more than feature changes, since a restructured code base can be more resistant to attacks.
It just makes no sense to expect all applications to be fully supported by the Ubuntu OS team.
Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is available Posted May 27, 2006 2:36 UTC (Sat) by spiv (guest, #9031) [Link] See the descriptions of "seeds" at https://wiki.edubuntu.org/SeedManagement
Following the links from that page, you can see all the server packages in dapper here: http://people.ubuntu.com/~cjwatson/germinate-output/dappe...
Similarly, the desktop packages are here: http://people.ubuntu.com/~cjwatson/germinate-output/dappe...
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